Table 1.

Numbers of isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) across Latin America between 2004 and 2010.

Country	Year	S. aureus (n)	MRSA
			n	%
Argentina	2004	64	28	43.8
	2005	158	72	45.6
	2006	56	26	46.4
	2007	149	74	49.7
	2008	174	86	49.4
	2009	118	64	54.2
	2010	21	4	19.0
	Combined	740	354	47.8
Brazil	2005	49	30	61.2
	2006	25	15	60.0
	2007	25	10	40.0
	2008	61	35	57.4
	2009	80	36	45.0
	2010	1	1	–
	Combined	241	127	52.7
Chile	2005	38	15	39.5
	2006	40	25	62.5
	2007	72	57	79.2
	2008	45	21	46.7
	2009	48	32	66.7
	Combined	243	150	61.7
Colombia	2005	6	2	–
	2006	72	40	55.6
	2007	21	7	33.3
	2008	163	61	37.4
	2009	124	45	36.3
	2010	59	10	16.9
	Combined	445	165	37.1
El Salvador	2009	34	19	55.9
	Combined	34	19	55.9
Guatemala	2004	1	1	–
	2006	37	23	62.2
	2007	28	21	75.0
	2008	27	22	81.5
	2009	88	53	60.2
	Combined	181	120	66.3
Honduras	2006	9	4	–
	2007	13	2	15.4
	2009	39	23	59.0
	Combined	61	29	47.5
Jamaica	2006	25	4	16.0
	Combined	25	4	16.0
Mexico	2005	15	12	80.0
	2006	168	73	43.5
	2007	112	27	24.1
	2008	272	107	39.3
	2009	212	94	44.3
	2010	67	44	65.7
	Combined	846	357	42.2
Panama	2006	25	11	44.0
	2007	24	6	25.0
	2008	26	10	38.5
	2009	21	4	19.0
	Combined	96	31	32.3
Puerto Rico	2006	23	17	73.9
	Combined	23	17	73.9
Venezuela	2006	21	4	19.0
	2007	47	11	23.4
	2008	29	15	51.7
	2009	86	60	69.8
	2010	4	2	–
	Combined	187	92	49.2
Latin Americaa	2004	65	29	44.6
	2005	266	131	49.2
	2006	505	244	48.3
	2007	491	215	43.8
	2008	797	357	44.8
	2009	850	430	50.6
	2010	152	61	40.1
	Combined	3126	1467	46.9

Years for which no isolates were provided are not listed; % values are not displayed where the numbers of isolates of S. aureus were <10.

^aIncludes Nicaragua (Nicaragua is not listed separately as only 4 isolates of S. aureus (2 of which were MRSA) were collected, all in 2006).